Joe Buka

Joe Buka was the Polish enforcer of corrupt union boss Jerry Merke.

Biography
Joe Buka was born in Cleveland, Ohio to a working-class family of Polish descent, and he was employed by International Longshoremen's Association local president Jerry Merke as his enforcer. In 1961, he was sent to murder Danny Greene with a silenced pistol in the machine room of the shipyard, where Greene was supposed to give Merke a cut of his stolen goods operation. Greene told Buka two insulting "Polish jokes" before convincing Buka to engage in a "dance" with him, and Greene beat Buka down. He then proceeded to force Merke to leave office as president, and Greene took over the local.